wasting time?

Yesterday i needed to dash down to the supermarket for a few 'essential' bits, it was a busy day for both me and the supermarket and I for one was feeling particularly stressed. When I reached the 10 items or less check out there was a massive queue and stress levels were high.
Standing in the queue, watching people I realised that this was probably the first time many of us had stopped all day. Suddenly queueing was a positive experience, a time to take a breath, get thoughts in order and relax.

do you remember real money?

I'm old enough to remember when, if you went into a shop and said you were paying by cheque or credit, they would add a surcharge because of the inconvenience and because they had to pay to use the service.

As time went on you could sometimes get a discount for paying cash.

A relative of mine went into Carphone Warehouse last week to but a new mobile phone, he said he was paying cash and was informed that there would be a £20 additional charge for cash payments! This is mainly because cash (and cheques) have to be transported to the bank.

A few days ago , as I was boarding my bus the lady in front of me tried to pay a £3.50 fare with a £5 pound note. The driver said he couldn't accept the note because it was to creased to go through the counting machine at the depot and so was useless.

How long before we are a totally cash free society?